Learning Through Harkness  

Books and Articles: 

 

Stephen D. Brookfield and Stephen Preskill, Discussion as a Way of Teaching (2nd ed.), San Fransisco; Jossey-Bass, 2005.

 

Nicholas C. Burbules, Dialogue in Teaching: Theory and Practice, New York; Teachers College Press, 1993.

 

Robert Fisher, Creative Dialogue; Talk for thinking in the classroom, New York; Routledge, 2009.

 

I. C. Gabler and M. Schroeder, Constructivist Methods For The Secondary Classroom; Engaged Minds, Boston; Allyn and Bacon, 2003.

 

Diana Hess, Controversy in the Classroom; The democratic power of discussion, New York; Routledge, 2009.

 

P. Karen Murphy, et. al, “Examining the Effects of Classroom Discussion on Students’ Comprehension of Text: A Meta-Analysis,” Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009, Vol. 101, No. 3, 740–764.

 

A.O. Soter, et al, “What the discourse tells us: Talk and indicators of high-level comprehension,” International Journal of Educational Research, 47 (2008) 372–391.

Jane Vella,  Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach: The Power of Dialogue in Educating Adults, San Fransisco; Jossey-Bass, 2002.

 

 

Websites and Blogs: 

 

Phillips Exeter Academy Website: 

http://www.exeter.edu/admissions/109_1220.aspx

 

NAIS website:

http://www.nais.org/Magazines-Newsletters/ITMagazine/Pages/Introducing-and-Using-the-Discussion-(AKA-Harkness)-Table.aspx

 

Classical Teaching: 

http://classicalteaching.blogspot.ca/2010/08/harkness-discussion-based-teaching.html